WorldWide Electric LLC has acquired Georator Corp. and its subsidiary, Athlon. With this acquisition, WorldWide Electric adds frequency converters and generators to its extensive offering of motors, motor controls, and gear reducers.
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Commercial, Multifamily Starts Advance in First Half of 2021
The value of commercial and multifamily starts in the top 20 metropolitan areas of the United States gained 12% during the first six months of 2021 relative to the first half of 2020, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
Read MoreMartin Marietta District Achieves Safety Milestone
Martin Marietta’s North Texas/Oklahoma District has been here before. In April, the group celebrated a full year (more than 1 million hours) of work without a reportable incident across all 18 of its operations. It’s the second such achievement in the district’s history and this time, the team is far better positioned to make it endure.
Read MoreTACA Teaches Texas Teachers
How do industrial minerals enhance our daily lives and how are they mined in Texas? This month, 14 Texas science teachers learned the answers at an intensive industrial minerals mining workshop jointly sponsored by the Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACA) and the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA).
Read MoreBurnco Hires Zais as CEO
Burnco has hired Tom Zais as CEO for the Burnco Group of companies. He will be responsible for overseeing all U.S. and Canadian operations. In the United States, Burnco supplies ready-mixed concrete and aggregate products for residential, municipal and commercial projects in the Denver metro and northern Colorado markets, with aggregates plants in Golden, Longmont, Greeley and Fort Lupton, Colo.
Read MoreCDE Finds Solution for Argentinian Frac Sand Plant
La Chola has been producing sand and aggregates since 1994 in the Pampa Soler, Concordia province of Entre Rios in Argentina. A family-run company, it is divided into two businesses with La Chola II established to focus on the extraction of sand for hydraulic fracking.
Read MoreCanadian Premium Sand Initiates FEED Study
Canadian Premium Sand Inc. (CPS) has initiated a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study for its proposed flat glass manufacturing facility and plans to conduct a non-brokered private placement based on receiving unsolicited interest from a U.S. institution.
Read MoreProppant Warehouse in Violation
According to the Williston Herald, North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality is in the midst of an enforcement action against Sea Pacific International Trading Company in Williston, N.D., for having deteriorated bags of proppant sitting outside in the elements.
Read MoreU.S. Silica to Raise Prices
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. announced that its Industrial and Specialty Products business will increase prices for most of its non-contracted silica sand, diatomaceous earth and clay products used primarily in glass, foundry, paints, coatings, elastomers, roofing, chemicals, recreation, building products, agricultural, pet litter and other applications.
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
• At press time, West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $72.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That led the U.S. benchmark up by 0.7% for the week, based on the front-month contract, according to Dow Jones Market Data. September Brent crude the global benchmark, added 31 cents, or…
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